Academic Content Contributor – Design, Engineering & Manufacturing

$20 - $60/hourpay

Required Skills

Technical Documentation
Domain Proficiency
Analytical Thinking

Job Description

Job Title: Academic Content Contributor – Design, Engineering & Manufacturing

Job Type: Part-time

Location: Remote


Job Summary

Join our customer's team as an Academic Content Contributor and help shape the next generation of technical learning. We are seeking Master’s or PhD-level candidates from design, engineering, and manufacturing disciplines who have produced strong graduate-level academic work and are willing to contribute advanced, original coursework materials.

This opportunity is ideal for candidates who have completed research projects, graduate coursework, simulations, or technically rigorous assignments and are interested in turning that work into meaningful contributions.


Key Responsibilities

  1. Submit original, graduate-level academic materials created during your Master’s or PhD studies.
  2. Provide technically rigorous and domain-specific content such as advanced project files, lab reports, simulations, research assignments, or design documentation.
  3. Provide supporting explanations for complex submissions, including code walkthroughs, simulation logic, design decisions, or methodology.
  4. Ensure all submitted materials are your original work and not publicly shared.
  5. Collaborate with subject matter reviewers during the evaluation process and address feedback where necessary.
  6. Participate in licensing agreements for accepted submissions.
  7. Maintain high standards of technical accuracy, originality, and academic depth.


Required Skills and Qualifications

  1. Currently enrolled in or recently completed a Master’s or PhD program in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering, or related fields.
  2. Strong exposure to graduate-level coursework, research projects, thesis work, or advanced laboratory assignments.
  3. Ability to produce technically detailed documentation and structured academic content.
  4. Proficiency in English for written technical communication.
  5. Experience using domain-relevant tools such as CAD software, MATLAB, SPICE, ANSYS, Python, or Jupyter Notebook.
  6. Comfortable sharing and licensing original academic work.


Preferred Qualifications

  1. Master’s thesis or PhD research involving complex simulations, system design, or experimental analysis.
  2. Experience creating detailed technical reports, lecture notes, or graduate-level solutions.
  3. Strong familiarity with simulation environments, modeling tools, or advanced engineering workflows.


About micro1
micro1 is a data engine that helps AI labs train foundational models and enterprises build AI agents. We provide frontier evaluations and reinforcement learning environments used to improve LLM capabilities, as well as contextual evaluations used to monitor and improve AI agents in enterprise settings. Our data engine includes an AI recruiter agent that sources and vets domain experts, a data platform that enables rapid production of high-quality training data, and a pipeline performance system that ensures both quality and velocity.
Our goal is to have 1 billion people doing meaningful work by contributing their expertise to the development of frontier AI models. We’ve raised $40M+ in funding, and our AI recruiter has powered more than 1 million AI-led interviews as our global network of experts expands to form the human intelligence layer for AGI.

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